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Highway will be capable of handling 2000 automobiles per hr; tunnel is planned to extend for 2.16 mi at narrowest part of Kanmon Straits; access road for 5.1 mi; underwater part of roadway will be constructed in two stories -- vehicle roadway 24 ft 8 in. wide and path for pedestrians and bicycles 12 ft 5 5/8 in. wide; tunnel is 14 ft 9 1/8 in. high, over roadway, and 8 ft 3 5/8 in. high over pedestrian path 160 ft below average water level. (see also unsigned article in World Construction v 10 n 3 Mar 1957 p 52-4)
Highway will be capable of handling 2000 automobiles per hr; tunnel is planned to extend for 2.16 mi at narrowest part of Kanmon Straits; access road for 5.1 mi; underwater part of roadway will be constructed in two stories -- vehicle roadway 24 ft 8 in. wide and path for pedestrians and bicycles 12 ft 5 5/8 in. wide; tunnel is 14 ft 9 1/8 in. high, over roadway, and 8 ft 3 5/8 in. high over pedestrian path 160 ft below average water level. (see also unsigned article in World Construction v 10 n 3 Mar 1957 p 52-4)
Kanmon highway tunnel, Japan
Military Engr
Goben, R.D. (author)
Military Engineer ; 49
1957
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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